President Donald Trump said he’ll "seriously look" at banning gun silencers after last week’s mass shooting in Virginia.
“Well, I’d like to think about it," Trump said in an interview with Piers Morgan on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. “I’m going to seriously look at it."
While Trump said he didn’t "love" the idea of a ban, he also was unhappy to see the frequency and severity of mass shootings in the U.S.
Trump’s comments represent a potential crack in Republican opposition to stronger gun control measures.
They follow a shooting last week at a municipal center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in which a gunman killed 12 people. Police recovered a high-capacity magazine and a silencer mechanism from the scene.
Virginia’s Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, said Tuesday he will summon lawmakers back to the state Capitol to consider a package of gun-control legislation. Republicans control the state’s legislature. Northam’s proposals include a ban on silencers and high-capacity magazines.
The Trump administration earlier this year banned bump stocks, devices that let a semi-automatic weapon fire like a machine gun.
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[–] 19038846? ago
At this point I am PRETTY GODDAMN sure that Trump is just doing this to placate his dumbass hyper-liberal daughter who's constantly asking him when he's gonna ban guns.
I'm not defending Trump at all on this. I think it's complete bullshit, but this shit is so nonsensically petty and trite that I feel like there's some underlying factor behind this, I seriously do not feel like this is a Trump decision. I mean shit, Obama tried harder to do more than banning gun suppressors. I don't see ANY leftists even advocating for the ban of suppressors. Seriously, when have you seen a lefty calling for a ban for that? Anyone?
Yeah, that's just what I think, when you really put some thought into this, shit doesn't add up. First the bump stocks, now the suppressors. I'm sure that he's going into the laser sights next, but whatever.
[–] 19040668? ago
no dipshit hes doing this because castrated goyim are less likely to start killing people when a baste republican is the one doing gun control. trump gets the gun control started that people would not tolerate a dem doing then when a dem is in office they continue his work. its his role. will the “right” resist this agenda? psh, no.